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A loving LASER BEAM
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*pew pew noises*
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Apr 23, 2024 20:39
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If you don't use dynamite to destroy cardboard boxes you're a cuck.
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Apr 23, 2024 20:57
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You need that mini chainsaw that AvE uses to open packages.
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Apr 23, 2024 21:02
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Flamethrower
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Apr 23, 2024 21:07
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Also came here to suggest the little electric chainsaw.
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Apr 23, 2024 21:19
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Literally A Person posted:A loving LASER BEAM Yeah just slice them up with something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmbvaUzC8Q
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Apr 23, 2024 21:20
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uwaeve posted:Looking for an upgrade to a box cutter for breaking down cardboard boxes. I have a couple Milwaukee Fastback folding box cutters and understand the importance of fresh blades/how tough cardboard can be on blades etc. They work great! This would be an opulent unnecessary upgrade just to take care of bulk Amazon and large boxes that crap like knockdown furniture and large items like shop tools and pool filter equipment comes in. Not that I buy pool filters a lot, those are just examples of the cardboard that builds up because it has to be broken down to fit in my 96gal recycling bin or whatever. There always seems to be something big we’re buying. Looking to make big sessions less painful and annoying. I too tried to "solve the box problem". Like others I just went back to box cutters. I tried the worx rotary tool and... I mean it can work. I think what you're trading is effort for time. It's slower than using a boxcutter, but you aren't putting as much effort into slicing it like a boxcutter. The rotary tool is also more finnicky in general about placement. Do tell us if you get any promising results though. Sidenote: Got one of those Slice ceramic blade box cutters at some point but now it's missing: https://www.amazon.com/Slice-10400-Cutter-Position-Ceramic/dp/B00428M7IO/ If most of your breaking down boxes is slicing tape (So that you can fold the boxes), I think this is faster than a normal box cutter. It's faster due to ergonomics really. Get the manual one because while the automatic retraction is nice for, say, a belt tool in a work day, most of us are just finding time to process a bunch of boxes when we are forced to do it, so the automatic retraction is a pain the rear end otherwise.
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Apr 23, 2024 21:26
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I have an auto retracting utility knife that I acquired from the office, and I am on the verge of throwing it away. It constantly retracts while cutting. I hate it.
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Apr 23, 2024 21:35
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I have some potential plumbing projects coming up and unlike everything I've done up to this point I'll likely do them all in copper and hidden behind drywall so pex + sharkbites are out. I do not really have any particular desire to learn copper sweating or deal with flame tight spaces so I'd prefer to use press fittings. Anyone have any good reason that's a terrible idea? If not, anything wrong with this tool below from Amazon or are there better options I should consider? Electric tools all seem to be over $1000, no way to justify that for DIY. https://www.amazon.com/IWISS-Hydraulic-Propress-Fittings-Included/dp/B0B5GX3NMY
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Apr 23, 2024 21:52
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The best box cutter is a gently caress mothering 25mm (18mm is acceptable) snap blade utility knife.
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Apr 24, 2024 02:46
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There is only one solution to the cardboard issue: https://www.wastecare.com/Products-Services/Balers/Baler_Vertical_60_ECB.htm
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Apr 24, 2024 02:59
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I just take em out to the field, drink a few beers, and burn em. I can recommend the Ryobi battery powered ice chest for the job
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Apr 24, 2024 04:32
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I would have one if they weren't so got damned expensive.
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Apr 24, 2024 11:21
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Elem7 posted:I have some potential plumbing projects coming up and unlike everything I've done up to this point I'll likely do them all in copper and hidden behind drywall so pex + sharkbites are out. I do not really have any particular desire to learn copper sweating or deal with flame tight spaces so I'd prefer to use press fittings. Can't you just buy compression fittings that you tighten with a wrench?
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Apr 24, 2024 12:55
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CarForumPoster posted:louder when firing but compressors are generally loud too Small 1-2 gallon compressors can be found that are rated around 60 dB. I love my HF Fortress one, and have seen the same sold by Kobalt. If you need a bigger one you can find a 5-gallon one from similar suspects that are only a little louder.
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Apr 24, 2024 13:24
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Elem7 posted:I have some potential plumbing projects coming up and unlike everything I've done up to this point I'll likely do them all in copper and hidden behind drywall so pex + sharkbites are out. I do not really have any particular desire to learn copper sweating or deal with flame tight spaces so I'd prefer to use press fittings.
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Apr 24, 2024 14:53
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For what it's worth iWiss/iCrimp (same company) make perfectly usable wire crimpers. However, for that specific use, and for some of the more complex crimps they are ever so slightly out of spec (thinking of their molex microfit compatible crimper), good enough for my use. Probably not a huge issue with well known, relatively simple crimps like copper and pex, but something to keep in mind. Seconding Kaiser, why not pex and crimps?
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Apr 24, 2024 15:34
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I could use pex for portions sure, but I still need to attach to existing copper, I'm not wholesale planning to redo all my plumbing lines. Also one project I'll eventually need this for is for replacing my water heaters when they fail on me any day now. That's water heaters plural, I have multiple joined together in order to feed the house and all the current lines are hard copper which I could all redo in pex, but hell, I just think its better/looks nicer as is.HappyHippo posted:Can't you just buy compression fittings that you tighten with a wrench? Maybe, but I HATE compression fittings, personally, always seem to have trouble with them when dealing with the supply lines for sinks and appliances. Elem7 fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Apr 25, 2024 |
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Apr 25, 2024 00:17
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 I've had this 19" Stanley toolbox for many years. It's a little small but has served me well. Recently, the retention clip for one of the lid comparments broke, so I figured it might be a good time to replace it and also reevaluate which unnecessary tools I can throw out. Although, I guess as long as I have space, I don't need to dispose of anything just yet. Should I just get this 24" Husky? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-24-in-Hand-Tool-Box-in-Black-THD2015-05A/206116314 It might have enough room to store a drill/impact hammer when I eventually get one. I'd also need an organizer of some kind to replace the lid compartments: Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Apr 25, 2024 |
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Apr 25, 2024 01:41
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000EDTSYW?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title It's a life changing bag
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Apr 25, 2024 02:31
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I have this one from LeeValley and love it. https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/workshop/storage/tool-storage/50425-carpenters-tool-bag?item=68K4216 
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Apr 25, 2024 20:50
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I was given a bunch of used tools from a buddy about six years ago that included I think this Porter pancake air compressor. In all that time I turned it on once to air up a tire (after which I turned it off and did zero maintenance). I’m doing some framing (2 walls in a garage) and don’t have much use for a nail gun otherwise so I bought a cheap air framing nailer from harbor freight (21 degree Banks). Reading the manual on my air compressor I see that it should’ve been emptied after use. I fired it up and it seems to work. Draining it after and opening the water valve no water came out. There’s no visible rust. Seem like this thing is safe to use? Though it is by far the loudest goddamn thing in my garage. Way louder than my table saw. Even with ear protection it’s going to give me a headache. I dunno if neglect has made it louder or it’s just the nature of the cheap thing.
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Apr 25, 2024 23:40
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Cheap compressors are just loud, yeah. Even the expensive ones aren't gonna be quiet. If there's no water in there, it's probably fine? I'm not a compressor expert though.
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my watch claims it was 109db but I dunno how accurate the watch is. It’s definitely in the vicinity of rock concert loud
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FuzzySlippers posted:my watch claims it was 109db but I dunno how accurate the watch is. It’s definitely in the vicinity of rock concert loud I need a compressor that knows 3 chords.
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Apr 26, 2024 01:49
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Stoatbringer posted:That's not a drill. Fumble posted:its a hobby engine from china, youtube is full of shed men playing with them This came up in the OSHA thread and I love the term shed men enough that we should rename this thread Tool thread:shed men or shed people if its an inclusive tool thread.
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Apr 26, 2024 14:55
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Does anyone have a source for hardware assortments? Specifically looking to get a few assortments of washers and retaining clips, but I want something better than the no-name brands on Amazon since the material quality can be random, and I don't want to order a thousand from McMaster Carr
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Apr 26, 2024 17:06
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CarForumPoster posted:This came up in the OSHA thread and I love the term shed men enough that we should rename this thread Tool thread:shed men or shed people if its an inclusive tool thread. There's a Terry Pratchett book (The Sheppard's Crown I think) that has a subplot about these retired old men who are just sitting around at home getting in the way of their wives. They invent sheds as a place to go to get out of their wives' hair and keep them occupied.
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Slanderer posted:Does anyone have a source for hardware assortments? Specifically looking to get a few assortments of washers and retaining clips, but I want something better than the no-name brands on Amazon since the material quality can be random, and I don't want to order a thousand from McMaster Carr I've had good luck with buying the big tray assortments of washers/bolts/nuts from Lowe's. The boxes are $5-10 each, and getting 2 or 3 different ones will cover a lot of sizes
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Apr 26, 2024 18:08
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For o rings go to an hvac supply house and get their assortment of green o rings. Those things resist everything.
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drat that's a good question actually, I've only recently had to adapt to life without the ancestral Big Bucket of Random Hardware and it's harder than I'd expected
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deimos posted:For o rings go to an hvac supply house and get their assortment of green o rings. Those things resist everything. I have the set but havent tested it, Harbor freight has a cheap set of HNBR (Green) O Rings: https://www.harborfreight.com/205-piece-hnbr-o-ring-kit-67644.html Slanderer posted:Does anyone have a source for hardware assortments? Specifically looking to get a few assortments of washers and retaining clips, but I want something better than the no-name brands on Amazon since the material quality can be random, and I don't want to order a thousand from McMaster Carr Ive had good luck ordering kits/bags of electronics and hardware of HF/Amazon/eBay. Yes the quality is spurious, but there's no was I'm gonna spend $30 on some quality grade 8 poo poo I'll not use in the next year but will in the next 5 years. I've been doing a ton of home poo poo in the past 6 months and the number of times I've gotten to brag to my wife about already having the correct thing in the garage is HUGE. Its like I'm a wizard who never goes to the hardware store and gets stuff done in 1-3 hours. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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